VACANCY: Senior Corporate Counsel

Cisco Systems - Amsterdam (or Stockholm or Brussels) (Amsterdam Area, Netherlands)

Job Description

Cisco Capital is part of the Cisco Systems, Inc. group of companies and provides vendor financing for Cisco products and services both directly and through local finance partners to Cisco customers.
This is a relatively mature theatre, providing the largest portion of Cisco Capital’s global business outside of the US and Canada. EMEA will continue to receive increased focus from senior management as it builds on its existing products and customers, and plays a lead role in finding innovative ways to develop and enable Cisco’s global business models and market strategies.
Diversity at Cisco
We continually strive to be a better company, and a better corporate citizen. We aim to fully embrace the human network in all its multiplicity, and to foster innovation and talent in the workplace. This way, we can better serve our customers and engage with our partners in the worldwide marketplace.
We demonstrate our commitment to a culture of inclusion and diversity by:
• Integrating inclusion and diversity into business processes and operations
• Creating systemic accountability for realizing the inclusion and diversity objectives at every level of the organization
• Increasing recognition of employees who create a culture of inclusion
• Using our pervasive culture of inclusion to attract and retain top talent
• Challenging Cisco's executive team to consistently and broadly spread the inclusion and diversity vision
• Strengthening the Cisco brand through our reputation as an inclusion and diversity leader

The Role

A qualified lawyer from a major European jurisdiction (or someone with equivalent experience) is sought to support our activities in the UK. Ireland and the North Region (Benelux, Nordics and Baltics). The role will be based in our offices in Amsterdam (although location at other major European hubs such as Stockholm, Brussels and Bedfont Lakes will be considered).
Key Deliverables:
• Contributes to the overall success of the business unit.
• Understands the business objectives and tailors legal advice to this.
• Is an integral member of the business unit’s leadership team, earning the tag “trusted business advisor”.
• Acts as primary negotiator for contractual negotiations with Cisco Capital’s customers and business partners, ensuring that contracts are closed in line with forecasts. Has good, pragmatic judgment, knowing when to push and when to hold back in order to keep the business revenue moving while mitigating risk to Cisco Capital and Cisco ..
• Gives reliable, timely legal advice to sales and other functions.
• Participates in other projects as a legal subject matter expert.
• Listens, empathizes and handles needs, objections, issues and concerns over contracts raised by Capital customers and their legal teams.
• Understands and works according to the commercial pressures of a sales business.
• Is prepared when needed to give advice that is urgent at speed. Is able to work and advise in ambiguous and fast-paced situations.
• Helps embed Cisco legal policy within the business unit in order to minimize concerns. Educates and coaches the business unit in order to transfer key legal knowledge and approach to the sales force.
• Acts as a problem solver rather than an issue spotter, focusing on how to get things done rather than how not to. Brings the attitude of an enabler rather than a block to business.
• Overall the formal and informal feedback from the business and customers is positive.

Desired Skills & Experience

Applicants should have at least 8 years’ broad finance experience (preferably including leasing) obtained at a top practice, bank or multinational corporate. Previous experience of in-house work is desirable but not essential.

This role is wide ranging with a lot of responsibility. We require motivated, self reliant individuals with a proven ability to work as part of a small team. Candidates should be individuals with a highly commercial approach who will thrive in a sales-orientated environment. Excellent written and verbal skills in English are essential (and fluency in another European language is highly desirable).

Company Description

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 65,225 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as:

Additional Information

Posted:

May 14, 2012

Type:

Full-time

Experience:

Mid-Senior level

Functions:

Legal 

Industries:

Information Technology and Services 

Job ID:

3023297

 

More info here: https://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=921711&CurrentPage=1

Legal Counsel

Shell - Rijswijk (The Hague Area, Netherlands)

Job Description

We’re looking to recruit an exceptional Lawyer to join a strong team of lawyers which services our recently formed global Projects & Technology (P&T) business.

P&T was created to improve performance, functioning as a common thread across the entire Shell value chain, working to enhance our competitive edge. P&T provides technical services, technology capability and major project and wells delivery across the globe. We also deliver differentiating technical information technology (IT) for Shell and drive research and innovation to create technology solutions for tomorrow. Safety & Environment and Contracting & Procurement are also rooted in P&T.
 

This is a fantastic entry point for an ambitious Legal Professional who wishes to commence/continue their in-house career within one of the largest organisations in the world.

Responsibilities:

The successful applicant will be exposed to a broad variety of legal work including extensive contracting and commercial work in support of different business units responsible for the execution of Shell projects around the world.
 

You’d be expected to provide professional, timely, cost-effective and practical legal advice and support to a diverse range of divisions within Shell Projects & Technology. Each division would require you to advise the business on legal issues relating to their business activity, find legally sound and creative solutions and options for achieving business objectives within acceptable legal constraints.

You will be responsible both for your own projects and for supporting more senior lawyers on complex transactions. The position involves a significant amount of liaison with colleagues in other legal syndicates in Shell including Legal Corporate, Compliance and Intellectual Property Services.

The variety of work offered by the role will suit an energetic lawyer keen to further develop a range of legal skills and to obtain an exposure to a range of Shell's core business activities. Some degree of business travel can be expected.

Desired Skills & Experience

A strong academic background, law degree and / or legal professional qualification, with relevant experience in private practice or in a legal department of a major corporation. The successful candidate should have a strong commercial legal background and will preferably have some knowledge of construction law issues. Some exposure to the oil and gas business is desirable but is not essential. Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written along with demonstrable negotiating skills is also a pre-requisite.

Company Description

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies. It consists of the businesses of Upstream Americas, Upstream International, Downstream, and Projects & Technology. With around 93,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories, Shell is helping to meet the world's growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. In Upstream we focus on exploring for new oil and gas reserves and developing major projects where our technology and know-how adds value to the resource holders. In Downstream our emphasis remains on sustained cash generation from our existing assets and selective investments in growth markets. Shell by numbers (figures for 2010) Shell by numbers + 90 countries where we operate ~93,000 number of employees 48% of our production is natural gas 16.8 million tonnes of LNG sold (2010) 3.3 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day 43,000 Shell service stations worldwide 145 billion litres of fuel sold (2010) >30 refineries and chemical plants we run

Additional Information

Posted:

December 6, 2011

Type:

Full-time

Experience:

Associate

Functions:

Legal 

Industries:

Oil & Energy 

Compensation:

competitive salary & excellent benefits

Job ID:

2255628

They made a mistake with putting the link where to apply on. So just contact Shell if you are interested

Group counsel

Group Counsel
Avery Dennison - The Hague Area, Netherlands

Job Description

This position entails the provision of a full range of legal services to a number of operations and staff functions throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East.
The activities in Europe are growing due to business volume growth as a result of substantial investments in innovation and technology and the expansion into new geographical areas and development of new products for existing and new markets.

Reporting Relationship:
Reports to the Vice President & Assistant General Counsel Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The law department consists of two senior attorneys, who are generalists, and a number of semi-senior and junior attorneys. There is one Paralegal and one administrative assistant.

Responsibilities:
Provide a high level of quality legal service in a wide range of areas including: corporate, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, intellectual property, employment, labor relations, commercial contracts, real estate, environmental, transaction services including drafting and negotiating commercial agreements such as joint development agreements, distribution agreements, purchase agreements, supply agreements, agency agreements and information technology agreements, and together with the I/P attorney: license agreements, secrecy agreements and consulting agreements.

Litigation services including advising the clients regarding potential and pending litigation; selecting and managing outside counsel and the course of the litigation, settlement agreements.
Managing product liability risk of the Corporation and subsidiaries through developing, implementing and maintaining standard sales and purchasing conditions, handling of claims, and coordination with the Risk Management Department and insurance carriers
Constant interaction with business leadership and exposure to business objectives, goals and strategies to gain knowledge and provide business oriented legal advice.
This position calls for regular travel mainly throughout EMEA but also to the U.S.A.

Desired Skills & Experience

Candidates must possess a law degree (Post Graduate Degree is appreciated).
Minimum of 4-7 years of Corporate/Commercial experience in a well known law firm or international manufacturing or consumer products company.
Strong communication skills.
Energetic and pro-active, business oriented approach.
Fluent in English both written and spoken

Company Description

Founded in 1935, Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company had in 2007 recorded sales of $6.3 billion.
Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems, and specialty tapes and chemicals.

Additional Information

Posted:
October 20, 2011
Type:
Full-time
Experience:
Mid-Senior level
Functions:
Strategy/Planning, Finance, Accounting/Auditing
Industries:
Paper & Forest Products, Food & Beverages, Chemicals
Job ID:
2091676

Found here: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=2091676&trk=jobs_seeking_home